Garter belt



1952 P. BLATT GARTER BELT Filed Feb. 8, 1951 IN V EN TOR. mum .BLHTT Patented Dec. 2, 1 952 I UNITED STAT S ATENT ()FFICE H 2,619,645 GARTER BELT Paula Blatt, Berea, Ohio Application February 8, 1951, Serial No. 210,001

4 Claims.

7 1 The .present invention relates to new and useful improvements in girdle-like garment supporters. .The general object of the invention is the provision of a new and improved girdle-like garment supporter constructed to give the wearer full freedom of stride for unhampered action in sports andgymnastics, properly supportwearing apparel such as hose, and freely expose the central abdominal region of the wearerto permit use of the supporter without discomfort by prospective mothers. I

. Another object of the invention is the provision ofxa girdle-like garment supporter constructed with a' composite belt structure including a back portion which is locally reinforced by longitudinally resilient means of quadrilaterally shaped outline, hip encircling, longitudinally resilient and vertically non-resilient side portions which extend integrally from opposite ends of said back portion and increase in width toward the ends, and a substantially straight, longitudinally resilient, vertically nonresilient front portion which has its ends con-v nected to the upper area of the side portions adjacent to their wider ends; the belt structure adapted to hug by its side portions the hips of a wearer and to support without restricting the central abdominal region of such wearer, all for the purpose of giving unhampered freedom of action and provide for prospective mothers a garment supporter which can be worn comfortably and supplies lift to their central abdominal regions.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a girdle-like garment supporter of the type described above in which the back and side portions are formed by two oppositely arranged, symmetrically constructed, elongated blanks, each of which has two straight and two curved edges, ,thestraight edges differentiating in length and intersecting each other at a right angle and. thecurved edges differentiating in length and. intersecting each other at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees to effect hugging of the hips of the person wearing the garment supporter.

The above referred to hugging action of the garment supporter is accentuated by the longitudinally resilient, vertically non-resilient front portion which is formed from a blank having quadrilateral shape and parallel top and bottom edges, of which the bottom edge is the shorter one and forms the front bottom edge of the belt structure. The side edges of the thus con- 2 structed, quadrilaterally shaped blank are attached to the longer curved edges of the two blanks forming back and side portions of the belt structure/ 7 1 Still another object of the invention, therefore, is the provision of a girdle-like garment supporter of the type referred to above which includes two blanks having their one end por-; tions secured to each other and being attached near the free end portions of the longer curved sides of the blanks to a longitudinally resilient, vertically nonqesilien't blank folded to quadri lateral shape with parallel top and'bottomedges', the bottom edge beingthe shorter one and forming the' bottom edge of the assembled belt structure.- I I In addition the invention has 'certain other marked superi'orities which radically distinguish it from presently known structures. These improvements or superiorities, embodying certain novel features of construction, are clearly set forth in the following specification and the appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of the invention is hereinafter shown with reference to the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification.

Inthe drawing: 7

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a girdle-like garment supporter constructed in' accordance with the invention, the supporter beingshown applied to a female figure; i" V,

Fig. 2 is a perspective front view of the girdlelike "garment supporter shown in Fig. 1; f

Fig. 3 is a planview of theblanks forming the belt structure of the girdle-likelgarment supporter; V j s Fig. 4 is a crossrsectional view through the back portion of the girdle-like garment supporter, the section being taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.;

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Fig. 5. is across sectional view. through the front portion of the girdle like garment supporter, thesection.being taken on line 5 ,5 of -,2: l. l...

Referring now more in detail to the exemplified form of the invention shown in the drawing, the girdle-like garment supporter shown therein embodies a combination belt structure 2 which comprises a rear portion 3, oppositely arranged side portions 4 and 5 integrally extended from said rear portion, and a front portion 6. Back supporting portion 3 and side portions 4 and 5 are jointly formed by two symmetrically-shaped blanks 1, each of which includes adjoining, rectangularly related straight edges 9 and IE3 differentiating in length and curved edges II and I2 differentiating in length and curved to shape the blank with narrow end portion it and a wider end portion 15. The wider end portion [5 is formed with an ex tended pointed corner 16 formed between the curved side edges H and 42 which intersect each other at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees.

Blanks l have their narrow end portions it connected with each other by sewing and, furthermore, have their extended pointed corners 16 of the wider end portions i5 sewn to front portion 6. This front portion is formed by a doubled-up blank I! having quadrilateral shape and parallel top and bottom edges IB and i9. The shorter bottom edge 59 is substantially aligned with the shorter curved edges 5 i of blanks i and the side edges 29 of doubled up blank H are sewn to the longer curved side edges l2 of blanks 1.. Blanks l and i! are made of rubberized materialresilient in one direction only and the material is cut to provide for longitudinal resiliency of the blanks. This arrangement effects a hiphugging-action of side portions 4 and 5 on a person wearing the girdle-like garment supporter as doubled back blank H is secured with its side edges 29 to the longer curved edges I? of blanks l which is stretchable longitudinallyonly. The hugging action of side portions 4 and 5 is enhanced by the lower resiliency of the doubled back blank l1, having'two superposed layers of stretchable material.

The rear portion 3' of beltstruoturez.is-reinforced by a quadrilaterallyshaped, back supporting resilient member 2! having parallel top and bottomeclges 22, '23 of which the top edge 22 is the shorter one. Back supporting v member 2| is made of material having substantially less resiliency than the material used for blanks l L The described girdle-like garment supporter aifords smooth, hugging-like holding and gripping of the hips of the wearer and effects proper, efiicient support of the sacroiliac region while freely exposing the central abdominal region of the wearer and thus permits unhampered freedom of action in physics andsports aswell as comfortable use in maternity cases.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a garter belt, a belt structure embodying two elongated blanks of resilient material, each of which differentially increases in width from one end to'the other and includes a narrow. and a wider end portion, and a longer upper and a 4 shorter lower edge, said upper and lower edges being angularly related with respect to each other and said blanks being arranged in axially aligned, symmetrical relation and secured to each other at their narrow end portions, an elongated strip of resilient material attached with its opposite ends to the end sections of the longer upper edges, which sections adjoin the said wider end portions of the blanks and pairs of hose supporting members secured;to and suspended from said widerend portions of said blanks.

2. In a garter belt, a belt structure embodying two elongated blanks of resilient material, each of which difierentially increases in width from one end to the other and includes a narrow and a wider end portion and angularly related sides difierentiating in length, said blanks arranged in axially aligned symmetrical relation with respect to each other and. secured at their narrow end portions to each other,: a. resilientgstrip. of material having quadrilateral shapewith parallel top and bottom edges said strip havingtits opposite ends attached to end.seoti0ns,of;..-said longer sides, which sections adjoin the widenend portions of said blanks, andpairs of. hosesupporting members secured to and suspendedfrom said wider end portions of said blanks.

3. A garter belt as described in claimi2, wherein the longer sides 01" said two blanksare curved 'toform the wide end portions: thereof with=aoute angular corners and wherein the resilientistrip of material .has \at its opposite: endszzrinclined edges of equal length arranged toalign witlmthe endsof the-curved longer. sides of said-twosblanks to provide an axially resilient, quadrilaterially shaped. member with parallel upperrgandzdower edges, the lower edge of which is@ the;shorter nne.

4. In a garter belt, va belt structure includin two axially raligned, symmetrically"arran ed, elongated resilient blanks,; each of said: blanks increasing in width from one end-,toi'the; other and including a short and a long curved .edgecinterseoting each otheraat an: acute-:angleei'said blanks secured tozeach otherattheirmarrowjupposed ends, and an elongated strip of material having its ends attached to the long .'curvedidd es of said blanksadjacent tothe widenendsthereof'and the point of intersection of theshortg-iand long curved edges of said two blanks.

' PAULAa'BLATT.-

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